Focus & Magnify Your Life: How to overcome procrastination the easy way.
(Below: Focus Image fromHappiness Millionaire RICH series)
What you focus on is magnified... If you focus on what you don’t want in your life, you get more of it. If you focus on what you do want, you get more of that. Sounds simple, but why are so many people unable to overcome procrastination, if getting what you want is so easy?
The mind is very complex but what we tend to ignore is that WE are in control of it, going about accepting what life throws at us, sometimes good, sometimes not so good. If you were completely in control of your mind, what would your life look like? How would YOU create it?
This Look and Grow RICH image represents focus and is a reminder that we must stay focused to set our world on fire. Each and every one of us, no matter where we are at in life can set our world (metaphorically speaking) on fire!
Our lives are determined by the quality of thoughts we have and what we focus our attentions on. You see, the mind always needs to focus on something, as it never stops working. It can be likened to a camera lens. If the camera lens can’t find anything to focus on it sounds like it is going into a panic, desperate to find something! The human mind is the same, it must focus on something, if it doesn’t have goals then it has problems. However, it takes energy to look and live life ‘on purpose’ and sometimes procrastination seems like the easy option. Procrastination is based on, what I call, surface distractions. The three most popular distractions are:
1. The TV, that one is easy, can’t think of anything to do, turn on the TV.
2. Mobile phone and social media. This distraction can be multi tasked with the TV! The mind now thinks you are busy. It is a procrastination TRAP!!
3. Food. Feeling bored? Eat. Struggling with a problem and want to avoid it? Eat. Feeling a little stressed at work? Eat.
However, the answer lies much deeper...
If you go beyond the surface distractions you are likely to find, no definite Desire for the mind to focus its attentions and passion on. Without a definite desire and knowing WHY you have this desire, you will struggle to overcome procrastination and magnify your life; you will always take the path of least resistance. Take time to look inside for your desire, when you have found it, use the focus image every day to keep you on track to a life you really want, knowing in your heart things can change. Use this image to focus your mind on your desire and to remind you, you are climbing to success; that you don’t just suddenly arrive there.
This lack of purpose and desire is then backed up with a lack of personal belief. The mind will believe whatever you tell it. If you tell your mind you don’t have a purpose or a desire to make life amazing it will believe you don’t deserve an amazing life and then your actions will support that belief. Procrastination equals lack of belief! Tell your mind you are amazing and life is exciting and that you believe you will find your desire, you will and life WILL be amazing.
The belief we have is always supported by internal language (the little voice in your head). You know, that little voice that will either encourage you or discourage you depending on how much belief and faith you have in yourself and how focused you are on achieving your desire. Without the internal language supporting us, it WILL speak to us in a negative way. Which is why we must stay focussed on our desire and not get distracted with confusion, surface distractions and negative conversations in order to magnify your life and overcome procrastination the easy way.
Great article Janet. I find myself avoiding the TV these days so that I can get on with what needs doing. People are very much focused on making surface changes and avoiding what the real issue is. Looking forward to reading more of your work, Paul
ReplyDeleteHi Paul, this is a number of years after writing this blog, sorry for the late reply!!! However, I have had my head down writing a book to help people focus on the REAL issues, as you put it. I would like to invite you to become part of the success of the book and join our campaign. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/290564204/happiness-millionaire-book If you have any questions, send me an email to info@happinessmillionaire.com
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